A web-based nuclear reactor simulator has been developed using the best-estimate nuclear system analysis code RELAP5 as its engine, and abVIEW for graphical user interface and web-casting. Simulator retains the accuracy of the best-estimate code. Results are displayed in user riendly graphical format. Color-coded nominal values are displayed along with the current status of different variables ...

Simulator studies are powerfull means to know, design and manage the complexity of nuclear-reactor control, if they are correctly designed for that purpose. This contribution to an international state of the art precises the trends and novelties in the use of the results, in the theories and methodologies and in the construction of the simulated situations, i.e. in the conditions for an efficie...

The Generic Pressurized Water Reactor (GPWR) simulator has been used in the Nuclear I&C Laboratory at Khalifa University (KU) since 2013 to improve student performance nuclear engineering that is a multidisciplinary field involving reactor physics, thermodynamics, fluid mechanics, thermal hydraulics, radiation, etc. simulator, developed by Western Service Corporation, integrated as teaching...

Simulator studies are powerfull means to know, design and manage the complexity of nuclearreactor control, if they are, along with their scenarios, correctly designed for that purpose. This contribution to an international state of the art of the use of nuclear-reactor control-room simulators in human factors research and development precises the trends and novelties in the use of the results, ...

In a pressurized water reactor (PWR) nuclear power plants (NPPs) the pressure control in the primary loop is very important for keeping the reactor in a safety condition and improve the generation process efficiency. The main component responsible for this task is the pressurizer. The pressurizer pressure control system (PPCS) utilizes heaters and spray valves to maintain the pressure within an...

This chapter illustrates the use of the Modechart specification language and the MT toolset by using them in the specification and analysis of the control rod system of a nuclear reactor. The specification language and an associated logic, RTL, are introduced, as is a tool for building specifications. Two approaches are then used to analyze the specification. The Modechart simulator is used to ...